After posting a list of Trucker Slang, in the Newbies Forum, I was inspired to browse the net for more slang terms. I haven’t listed my sources because I didn’t keep track of the sites visited, and the terms are all in the public domain anyway, so much so that most of us have heard each of them at one time or another. Also contributing to the list were ‘Teamcaffee’, ‘Moot’, ‘GerryGA’, ‘Crazynuff’, ‘RobA’, ‘Cheri1122’, ‘arkjarhead’, ‘DoggieDaddy’, ‘Fr8Shaker’ ‘Bruno’, ‘silverdollar’, ‘mudflap’, ‘bryan’, ‘highway star’, ‘grog111’, and ‘Pappy’
Alabama Chrome
Duct tape
Anteater
Sloped hood on a big truck
Alamo, The
San Antonio, TX
Apple, The
New York City, NY
Armadillo, The
Amarillo, TX
Astrodome, The
Houston, TX
Badger, The
Wisconsin
Back Door
Last truck in a convoy
Bambi
Any deer, dead or alive
Band-Aid Buggy
Ambulance
Barbershop
Low overpass
Barn Doors
Rear oversized swing out truck doors
Bear
Any police officer
Bear Bait
Excessive speeder
Bear-in-the-Air
Police aircraft; commonly used in speed trap
Bean Town
Boston, Massachusetts
Bedbugger
Household Goods mover
Big A, The
Atlanta, GA
Big D, The
Dallas, TX
Big O, The
Omaha, NE
Big R
Roadway truck
Big Truck
18 Wheeler
Bikini, The
Miami, FL
Big Road
Interstate Highway; Four lane road
Big Smoke, The
Toronto, ON
Big Word
Chicken Coops are “closedâ€; See ‘Little Word’
Bird Dog
Radar Detector
Blue bird
A Martin Company truck
Bluegrass, The
Kentucky
Bobtail
Tractor without an attached trailer
Boogie; Boogie gear
Top Gear
Brake Check
Stopped or slowed traffic ahead
Buckeye, The
Ohio
Bull City
Durham, NC
Bulldog
Mack truck
Bumper Sticker
A tailgating four wheeler
Buster Brown
UPS truck
CB Town
Council Bluffs, IA
Camera
Police radar or Laser
Cash Box
Toll booth
Cash Register
Toll booth
CB Rambo
Wannabe tough guy on CB radio
Chicken Coop
Weigh Station
Chicken Lights
Decorative marker lights on truck and/or trailer
Choke –n-Puke
Greasy spoon restaurant
Cigar City
Tampa, FL
City Kitty
Local Police
Comic Book
Logbook
Commercial Company
Prostitute
Corn Flake
A Consolidated Freightways truck
Cow Town
Calgary, AB
Commedian
Median Strip
Coal Bucket
Dump Trailer
Cool a Tire
Truck on shoulder; driver urinating
County Mounty
County Sheriff or Police
Covered Wagon
Flatbed trailer with wooden or staked sides covered with tarpaulin.
Crotch Rocket
Japanese street motorcycle
Diesel Bear
Commercial Motor Vehicle Police; aka revenue collector
Dirty Side
East Coast
Donkey
Behind the rear of a truck
Double Nickel
55 MPH speed limit; Interstate Route 55
Dragonfly
Truck going slow uphill; fast downhill
Dragon Wagon
Tow Truck
Evel Knievel
Police officer on a motorcycle
Flip Side
Return trip
Flying Hook
Flying J truck stop
Freightshaker
Any Freightliner straight truck or tractor
Friendly, The
Philadelphia, PA
Front Door
First truck in a convoy
[b/]Full Grown Bear[/b]
State Highway Patrol
Gas hole
Rear of 4 wheeler
Gator or Gator Tail
Truck tire pieces in roadway
Gateway, The
St. Louis, MO
Georgia Overdrive
Neutral gear
Go-Go juice
Fuel
Good Buddy
Homosexual; also see Commercial Company
Gouge on it
Hammer down; go fast
Granny Lane
Right highway lane where old people and people on phones belong
Greasy Spoon
Cheap restaurant
Green Stamp
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ground Pressure
Truck weight
Guitar, The
Nashville, TN
Gumball Machine
Light(s) atop a police car
[b/]Hammer down[/b]
Go Fast
Hammer Lane
Left highway lane or passing lane.
Hand
Truck driver
Handle
CB nickname
Honey Bear
Female Police Officer
Hoosier, The
Indiana
Hopper Bottom
Grain trailer
Jake Brake
Engine retarder; Jacobs brake
Junk Yard
Truck company terminal
Keystone,The
Pennsylvania
Kojak with a Kodak
Police with radar
Large Car
Conventional tractor, usually Kenworth or Peterbilt
Little Road
Two lane road
Little Word
Chicken Coops are “openâ€; See ‘Big Word’
Lot Lizard
See ‘Commercial Company’
Lizard with a kickstand
See ‘Good Buddy’
Lumper
Person who unloads trucks
Mail Box
Postal truck
Mardi Gras, The
New Orleans, LA
Meat Wagon
Ambulance
Mile High, The
Denver, CO
Motor City
Detroit, MI
Motion Lotion
Fuel
Music City
Nashville, TN
Nickel, The
Buffalo, NY
Nutmeg, The
Connecticut
OD; Overdose
Old Dominion Truck
Pelican, The
Louisiana
Pete
Peterbilt Truck
Petercar
See ‘Pete’
Pickle Park
Rest Area
Pocket Rockets
Pills to keep driver awake, usually amphetamines
Portable Parking Lot
Car hauler
Pumpkin
Schneider truck
Quick and Easy, The
QEW; Queen Elizabeth Way, Ontario
Rocking Chair
One or more trucks between the ‘Front Door’ and the 'Back Door’
Rolling Road Block
Slow moving police cars blocking traffic flow;
One Swift driver trying to pass another
Rubber City
Akron, OH
Salt Shaker
Snow plow spreading salt
Schneider Eggs
Orange barrels at construction sites
Seat Cover
Female in passenger seat, usually in 4 wheeler
Shaky, The
San Francisco, California
Shaky Side
West Coast
Shiny Hiney
Trucks’ stainless steel rear doors
Show Me, The
Missouri
Show-off Lane
Fast lane
Skate Board
Flatbed Trailer
Smokey
Police Officer
Stagecoach
Passenger Bus; Greyhound Bus
Starcar
Western Star truck
Steel City
Pittsburgh, PA
Sugar Bear
See ‘Honey Bear’
Sunshine, The
Florida
Swamp, The
Montreal, PQ
Tarheel, The
North Carolina
Tijuana Taxi
Police car with all lights flashing
Travel Agent
Dispatcher
Twins, The
Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
Wagon
A truck’s trailer
Wiggle Wagon
Tandem or triple trailers
Windy, The
Chicago, Illinois
White Wrapper
Unmarked white police car; also brown, blue wrapper, etc.
White Rapper
Vanilla Ice or Eminem
Wolverine, The
Michigan
Yard Dog
Tractor used to move trailers at a terminal, a driver who drives a terminal tractor.
Yard Mule
Same as ‘Yard Dog’
Yardstick
Highway mile marker
Zipper
Dotted white line lane divider
Alabama Chrome
Duct tape
Anteater
Sloped hood on a big truck
Alamo, The
San Antonio, TX
Apple, The
New York City, NY
Armadillo, The
Amarillo, TX
Astrodome, The
Houston, TX
Badger, The
Wisconsin
Back Door
Last truck in a convoy
Bambi
Any deer, dead or alive
Band-Aid Buggy
Ambulance
Barbershop
Low overpass
Barn Doors
Rear oversized swing out truck doors
Bear
Any police officer
Bear Bait
Excessive speeder
Bear-in-the-Air
Police aircraft; commonly used in speed trap
Bean Town
Boston, Massachusetts
Bedbugger
Household Goods mover
Big A, The
Atlanta, GA
Big D, The
Dallas, TX
Big O, The
Omaha, NE
Big R
Roadway truck
Big Truck
18 Wheeler
Bikini, The
Miami, FL
Big Road
Interstate Highway; Four lane road
Big Smoke, The
Toronto, ON
Big Word
Chicken Coops are “closedâ€; See ‘Little Word’
Bird Dog
Radar Detector
Blue bird
A Martin Company truck
Bluegrass, The
Kentucky
Bobtail
Tractor without an attached trailer
Boogie; Boogie gear
Top Gear
Brake Check
Stopped or slowed traffic ahead
Buckeye, The
Ohio
Bull City
Durham, NC
Bulldog
Mack truck
Bumper Sticker
A tailgating four wheeler
Buster Brown
UPS truck
CB Town
Council Bluffs, IA
Camera
Police radar or Laser
Cash Box
Toll booth
Cash Register
Toll booth
CB Rambo
Wannabe tough guy on CB radio
Chicken Coop
Weigh Station
Chicken Lights
Decorative marker lights on truck and/or trailer
Choke –n-Puke
Greasy spoon restaurant
Cigar City
Tampa, FL
City Kitty
Local Police
Comic Book
Logbook
Commercial Company
Prostitute
Corn Flake
A Consolidated Freightways truck
Cow Town
Calgary, AB
Commedian
Median Strip
Coal Bucket
Dump Trailer
Cool a Tire
Truck on shoulder; driver urinating
County Mounty
County Sheriff or Police
Covered Wagon
Flatbed trailer with wooden or staked sides covered with tarpaulin.
Crotch Rocket
Japanese street motorcycle
Diesel Bear
Commercial Motor Vehicle Police; aka revenue collector
Dirty Side
East Coast
Donkey
Behind the rear of a truck
Double Nickel
55 MPH speed limit; Interstate Route 55
Dragonfly
Truck going slow uphill; fast downhill
Dragon Wagon
Tow Truck
Evel Knievel
Police officer on a motorcycle
Flip Side
Return trip
Flying Hook
Flying J truck stop
Freightshaker
Any Freightliner straight truck or tractor
Friendly, The
Philadelphia, PA
Front Door
First truck in a convoy
[b/]Full Grown Bear[/b]
State Highway Patrol
Gas hole
Rear of 4 wheeler
Gator or Gator Tail
Truck tire pieces in roadway
Gateway, The
St. Louis, MO
Georgia Overdrive
Neutral gear
Go-Go juice
Fuel
Good Buddy
Homosexual; also see Commercial Company
Gouge on it
Hammer down; go fast
Granny Lane
Right highway lane where old people and people on phones belong
Greasy Spoon
Cheap restaurant
Green Stamp
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ground Pressure
Truck weight
Guitar, The
Nashville, TN
Gumball Machine
Light(s) atop a police car
[b/]Hammer down[/b]
Go Fast
Hammer Lane
Left highway lane or passing lane.
Hand
Truck driver
Handle
CB nickname
Honey Bear
Female Police Officer
Hoosier, The
Indiana
Hopper Bottom
Grain trailer
Jake Brake
Engine retarder; Jacobs brake
Junk Yard
Truck company terminal
Keystone,The
Pennsylvania
Kojak with a Kodak
Police with radar
Large Car
Conventional tractor, usually Kenworth or Peterbilt
Little Road
Two lane road
Little Word
Chicken Coops are “openâ€; See ‘Big Word’
Lot Lizard
See ‘Commercial Company’
Lizard with a kickstand
See ‘Good Buddy’
Lumper
Person who unloads trucks
Mail Box
Postal truck
Mardi Gras, The
New Orleans, LA
Meat Wagon
Ambulance
Mile High, The
Denver, CO
Motor City
Detroit, MI
Motion Lotion
Fuel
Music City
Nashville, TN
Nickel, The
Buffalo, NY
Nutmeg, The
Connecticut
OD; Overdose
Old Dominion Truck
Pelican, The
Louisiana
Pete
Peterbilt Truck
Petercar
See ‘Pete’
Pickle Park
Rest Area
Pocket Rockets
Pills to keep driver awake, usually amphetamines
Portable Parking Lot
Car hauler
Pumpkin
Schneider truck
Quick and Easy, The
QEW; Queen Elizabeth Way, Ontario
Rocking Chair
One or more trucks between the ‘Front Door’ and the 'Back Door’
Rolling Road Block
Slow moving police cars blocking traffic flow;
One Swift driver trying to pass another
Rubber City
Akron, OH
Salt Shaker
Snow plow spreading salt
Schneider Eggs
Orange barrels at construction sites
Seat Cover
Female in passenger seat, usually in 4 wheeler
Shaky, The
San Francisco, California
Shaky Side
West Coast
Shiny Hiney
Trucks’ stainless steel rear doors
Show Me, The
Missouri
Show-off Lane
Fast lane
Skate Board
Flatbed Trailer
Smokey
Police Officer
Stagecoach
Passenger Bus; Greyhound Bus
Starcar
Western Star truck
Steel City
Pittsburgh, PA
Sugar Bear
See ‘Honey Bear’
Sunshine, The
Florida
Swamp, The
Montreal, PQ
Tarheel, The
North Carolina
Tijuana Taxi
Police car with all lights flashing
Travel Agent
Dispatcher
Twins, The
Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
Wagon
A truck’s trailer
Wiggle Wagon
Tandem or triple trailers
Windy, The
Chicago, Illinois
White Wrapper
Unmarked white police car; also brown, blue wrapper, etc.
White Rapper
Vanilla Ice or Eminem
Wolverine, The
Michigan
Yard Dog
Tractor used to move trailers at a terminal, a driver who drives a terminal tractor.
Yard Mule
Same as ‘Yard Dog’
Yardstick
Highway mile marker
Zipper
Dotted white line lane divider
